Handy pocketbook cover



Nov. 24, 1942. G. o. ALLEN HANDY POCKETBQOK COVER Filed June 26, 1942 Patented Nov. 24, 1942 UNITED STATE S PATENT OFFICE HANDY POCKETBOOK COVER George 0. Allen, Richmond, Va. Application June 26, 1942, Serial No. 448,667

3 Claims.

The invention relates to a handy pocket book cover.

An object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practical, and comparatively inexpensive handy pocket book cover of strength and durable construction having interiorly and exteriorly'arranged pockets disposed in convenient position for ready accessibility to their contents and adapted to contain various papers such as application papers, receipts, and the like, as well as money, and capable of securely holding the same and of effectively preventing accidental loss of their contents.

A further object of the invention is to provide a handy pocket book cover of this character designed particularly for the use of insurance, agents and other agents, and collectors, who,

' out injury and books having cheap and inexpensive bindings may be handled to the same extent as books having highly expensive bindings without injuriously affecting such cheaper bindings whereby the expensively bound insurance agentsbooks now generally in use will be preserved and which handy pocket book cover will also enable such expensive bindings to be advantageously replaced by cheaper bindings without impairing the usefulness or length of use of such books.

Another object of the invention is to provide a handy pocket book cover which may, without injury to a book, be transferred from one book to another after a book is full, or, by reason of exhausting of its dates or for any other reason, it has become necessary to replace it with another book but which contains records which it is necessary or desirable to preserve.

drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention;

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view showing the outside or exterior of a handy pocket book cover con- 'structed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the handy pocket book cover showing the inner, faces of the same before the handy pocket book cover is applied to a book.

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view taken transversely of the handy pocket book --cover arranged as illustrated in Fig. 2';

' Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. l.

It is also an object of the invention to enable the aforesaid pockets to be closed by zipper fasteners or closers movable away from a person when the book is held in its normal position in which it is used or handled. I

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying In the accompanying drawing, in which is illustrated one form of the invention, the handy pocket book cover, which is designed to be made of soft leather or any other suitable material or a combination of materials, comprises an outer or back portion 2 and inner portions 3 stitched or otherwise secured at their side and end edges at 4 and 5 to the side and end edges of the outer por-@ tion 2 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The inner and outer portions 2 and 3 may consist, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing; of a plurality of pieces of material or may be formed from a single piece or blank of material, as will be readily understood.

The outer portion 2, which is oblong or rectangular to suit the size of the book to which the cover is to be applied, extends from the outer end edge of one cover of the book across or around the back or binding thereof to the outer end edge of the other cover of the book. The inner portions 3 extend inwardly from the outer edges of the cover of the book to approximately the bindare formed between the outer portion of the cover and the covers of the book, the latter constituting the inner walls of the outer pockets I which will be entirely closed by the book when the cover is placed thereon.

The inner portions 3 of the cover are provided at their inner faces with linings 8 consisting of rectangular pieces of textile fabric, or other suitable material, secured at their side and end edges to the inner portions forming, with said inner portions 3, inner closed pockets 1. The inner end edges IU of the intermediate pieces or linings 8 are stitched or otherwise secured to the inner ends of the inner portions 3 at the marginal edges thereof, asclearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of that when a book has been filled, or the dates or 1. A removable book cover comprising an outer portion extending around the entire outthe drawing and the side and end edges of the intermediate linings or members 8 are stitched, or otherwise secured, at II and I2 between the contiguous edges of the outer and inner portions of the cover, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing.

When the handy pocket book cover is arranged on abook and the device is in use, both the inner and outer pockets are entirely closed so that there is no danger of accidental loss of any of their contents. In order to avoid ready access to the pockets, the inner-and outer portions of the removable cover are provided with longitudinal slits l3 and 14 which are preferably closed by zipper fasteners l5 and I6 arranged to be opened by a' movement away from the operator when the book is in its ordinary position for use in the hands of a person, but the zipper fasteners may be arranged in any other suitable manner, if desired. The slits I3 and I4 and the zipper fasteners are preferably arranged longitudinally of the book cover adjacent the top edge thereof and preferably extend the entire length of the pockets.

While the book cover is designed especially fo the use of insurance agents, for holding application forms, receipts, and various other papers, as well as money, it may of course be advantageously employed by various other agents and collectors for other purposes. At the present time, it is customary for insurance agents, and other a ents, to carry the aforesaid contents of the pockets of the removable book cover in the pockets of their clothing. As these articles have to be carried every day, the frequent insertion of the hands of an agent or collector in the pockets of a coat or other garment will, in a comparatively short space of time, unduly wear such garment. It ,Will be readily seen that the removable handy pocket book cover avoids this wear on clothing. which is particularly important during the duration of the war, and, at the same time, the pockets with the zipper fasteners afford safe protection for papers, money, and other articles.

The books usually provided for the use of insurance agents, at the present time. have a very expensive binding and the use of the removable cover will not only protect such binding but will also enable a much cheaper binding to be substituted for such expensive binding and will enable books with inexpensive binding to be handled continuously without being impaired, so

side of a book to which it is to be applied, inner portions connected with the outer portions at the opposite edges and ends thereof, and intermediate portions or members connected with the inner portions and substantially co-extensive in size with the inner surfaces thereof and arranged between said inner and outer portions and forming with the inner portions inner pockets closed at the side edges and inner ends, the outer portions being arranged to form with the covers of the book completely closed outer pockets, said outer and inner portions being provided with openings arranged to form access to said pockets and terminating short of the ends of said pockets.

2. A removable book cover comprising an outer portion extending around the entire outside of a book to which it is to be applied, inner portions connected with the outer portions at the opposite edges and outer ends thereof, and intermediate portions or members substantially coextensive in size with the, inner surfaces of said inner portions connected at its marginal edges with said inner portions with the inner portions and arranged between said inner and outer portions and forming with the inner portions inner pockets completely closed at the sides and ends. the outer portionsbeing arranged to form with the covers of the book outer pockets completely closed at the end and side edges, said inner and outer portions being provided with slits terminating short of the ends of the pockets and arranged to permit access to said pockets, and zipper closures for said slits.

3. A book cover comprising an outer portion of a size to extend over the entire back portion of a book to which the same is to be applied, and inner portions connected at their side and outer ends with the outer portion and arranged to extend substantially from the outer edges of the cover of the book to substantially the back or binding thereof, and rectangular inner fabric members connected at their marginal portions with said inner portions and substantially coextensive in area with such inner portions and cooperating with said inner portions to provide inner pockets completely closed at the sides and ends, the covers of said book when inserted between the inner and outer portions of the book cover cooperating with said outer portions to form outer pockets completely closed at the sides and ends, said outer and inner portions being provided adjacent the top of the book with longitudinal slits terminating short of the ends of the pockets and affording access to said pockets, and zipper closures for the said slits.

GEORGE O. ALLEN. 

